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Well, and this is just a suggestion, you could create a group, upload
all the messages and then just inform people of the group and let them
subscribe. I don't know how hard it would be to upload the messages,
so this is suggestion for the moderator.
On Mon, 11 Nov 2019 14:03:36 -0500,
Fred Maxwell [email protected] [EAC] wrote:
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> [1 <text/plain; utf-8 (quoted-printable)>]
> [2 <text/html; UTF-8 (quoted-printable)>]
> Based on a sample of 1000 members (the most I can export):
>
> * About 12% of members receive the messages as a “Daily Digest.”
> * About 12% get only “Special Notices.” This is where we might announce a new mailing list should one be created.
> * Nearly half, 48%, get no emails, accessing the messages instead by web interface (https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/EAC/conversations/messages).
>
> * Twenty years worth of EAC group messages are available, in a searchable form, at that URL.
>
> All of those features go away on December 14, with all prior messages being deleted or otherwise made inaccessible by Yahoo.
>
> That means that for about 72% of members, the list will no longer work as it does now.
>
> The loss of all of the prior messages is a crippling one, as those messages contain valuable information on EAC versions, settings, codecs, add-ons, compatibility, problem resolution, etc.
>
> I remain skeptical about the long-term viability of Yahoo as a host for the EAC group. I believe that this is the first step in Yahoo’s shutdown of their “Groups" service. The stripping of feature is probably intended to drive groups
> to seek other service providers. When Yahoo is satisfied that enough groups have left, I expect that they will announce a date for the complete shutdown of the Groups feature.
>
> Regards,
> Fred Maxwell
> Moderator, Exact Audio Copy Yahoogroup
>
> On Nov 11, 2019, at 2:52 AM, Kit Kimes kitkimes-/[email protected] [EAC] <[email protected]> wrote:
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> This is really nothing more than a email list. We don't store files as part of the yahoo group.
> When I first read Yahoo's email, I was concerned for all the groups I'm part of but really for
> most of them nothing is changing.
>
> Kit Kimes
> Oswego, IL.
>
> To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.
> John Quincy Adams,
>
> On Sunday, November 10, 2019, 11:39:11 AM CST, Fred Maxwell [email protected] [EAC] <[email protected]> wrote:
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>
> The group is as live as the members make it — by posting (or not posting) messages.
>
> I do not have permission from all of the members of this group to provide their email addresses to groups.io or any other third party. Nor is it my group to move — Andre is the owner of this group.
>
> Regards,
> Fred Maxwell
> Moderator, Exact Audio Copy Yahoogroup
>
> On Nov 10, 2019, at 12:31 PM, Michael Gillman [email protected] [EAC] <[email protected]> wrote:
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> This group seems to be dead.
>
> On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 09:30 fpesposito-/[email protected] [EAC] <[email protected]> wrote:
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>
>
> Hello --- is anyone moving this group to groups.io?
>
>
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